A 5 month-old Boy with a Superficially Located, Partially Cystic Hemispheric Mass.
June, 2004, Case 406-1. Home Page

Clinical information: The patient was a 5-month old African American boy who presented with constant turning of the head to the left.  He also had a day of vomiting, diarrhea, and a single seizure.  Imaging revealed a large superficial, partially cystic, enhancing cerebral left hemispheric mass.

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Reticulin		    
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Synaptophysin		 F.
NeuN		 G.
GFAP		 H.
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SYN: Synaptophysin; GFAP: Glial fibrillary acidic protein.

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